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Lucines don't attach, and neither do soft-shelled clams.
You might have to extract it to get a for-sure ID, lol. It's not a clam. There aren't any similar ones that would be attached like that. It's...
What she said ^^^^ They are pretty good hiders, and are probably the most common dorid hitchhikers. Cheers, Don
I should have known Leslie would type faster than me and answer all that LOL
I guess NHM is good enough if you live in LA or even in California, maybe, lol. The museums all (or at least all the major ones) have official...
LOL I've seen threads on killing snails get out of hand, since there are lots of opinions on the matter. As several people already noted, the most...
I gave Leslie a semi-intoduction on one of the other threads, but since she probably won't brag on herself, she's a marine invertebrate expert and...
Chances are that you have more than one. Manual removal of the animals and eggs is about your only option. Cheers, Don
I don't know about fire shrimp specifically, but the rule of thumb is that small, mobile reef inverts normally have life spans between 3 and 5 years,...
It won't be a clam, since it's attached and overgrown like that. It will be an oyster of some sort, most likely either a Spondylus or Chama species....
Thanks. And yup, I agree
It's a juvenile oyster of some sort, most likely either a Lopha species or another species in the same family. Here are some examples from Guido...
Does Aiptasia's natural range include Florida?
Yep, you got it right. They are harmless. Cheers, Don
Chances are I could identify it for you, even from a blurry pic. The most deadly are the fish eaters, and of those the most likely to kill you are...
Some of the isopods look more like a rolly polly than most of the amphipods. Rolly is in the eye of the beholder though, of course. Really need a...
Nice! Only downside is that you can't safely keep shrimp with them. They tend to eventually catch and kill whatever shrimp species you put in the...
It's a Dove Shell, or columbellid. It's in the same family and probably the same genus with the snails often sold in the hobby as "Strombus...
Pagojoe is stumped on this one. I thought I might make a guess after the first pic, I was a lot less sure after the second one, and after the third...
For those of you who don't know Leslie, she is an invertebrate ID expert at LACM, and a super-expert on worms. Welcome!
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